Challenge Partners

Analysis

Challenge Partners is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08048330). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Challenge Partners reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £3.3m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Challenge Partners sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tower House School Charitable Foundation (£3.3m), Lucton Pierrepont School Educational Trust (£3.3m) and Antur Waunfawr (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £636k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.